Offline youngsters and the digital divide, or Revisiting the concept of "Digital Natives"

Périne Brotcorne, Luc Mertens and Gérard Valenduc, FTU Namur

Experiences and lessons from online counselling.

Kristian Lund, Cyberhus

Social event

18:00

Reception by the Mayor of Leuven in Town Hall

Guided tour in Leuven centre

Conference dinner at Faculty Club Leuven

14 September

Plenary session

09:00

Youth work and the use of new media: is it safe? – The legal perspectives.

Dr Jos Dumortier, Dr Eva Lievens, K.U.Leuven, ICRI, K.U.Leuven

TRACK 1

TRACK 2

09:30

Measuring impact of the use of social software for social inclusion of youth at risk.

Freek de Meere Verwey Jonker Institute (NL)

Link in de Kabel: Working with underserved youngsters and the digital divide.

Lieve De Gols, Link in de Kabel vzw (BE)

10:00

Reflections on the new peer to peer news paradigm as exploited by youngsters. The influence of both education level and type on news participation, seeding behavior and attitudes within web 2.0 environments.

Vicky Franssen, Annet Daems and Frank Hellemans, K.H.Mechelen

"Lorea:

Social Federated Communication Systems"

Free, secure and self managed social networking sites

R.C.Merida Epsylon, Lorea.cc

10:30

Coffee break

11:00

SHARE IT

Rob van Kranenburg ,

Fontys Applied Sciences and Delia Costan, General Direction for Social Affairs and Child Protection Timis

The Incluso game

An interactive card game.This game supports organisations that want to get started with social software and discuss important things to consider.

Jan Dekelver (This is an interactive session)

11:30

Taking things beyond the experimental stage. An integrative approach to using online strategies in social services.